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The wall shutdown is hurting veterans
On Jan. 9, the Centers for Disease Control told the nearly 500,000 surviving veterans exposed to toxic water at Marine Base Camp Lejeune that a meeting with public health officials was canceled because of the government shutdown.
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Supreme Court rejects U.S. troops' appeal over 'burn pits' illnesses
Jim: The Supreme Court denied certiorari on this case—meaning they won’t hear it. So, veterans are left with no recourse to bring suit against DoD contractors in theater concerning burn pits. Any relief will have to flow, in my view, by Congress directing VA to make a determination if there should be a presumptive condition in connection to burn pits. VA would have to get a body of knowledge in order to make any such recommendation and would most probably look to National Institutes of Health to make such a study.
/s/ Drew
Will the Government Shutdown Delay My Social Security Benefits?
Offices remain open and monthly Social Security checks will go out on time despite the partial shutdown.
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Legal team takes down a $550-million Social Security disability scheme
A Kentucky lawyer ran the largest federal disability scheme in history — until he got caught.
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Reforming veterans benefits will be controversial, but necessary
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Trump’s Under-the-Radar Push to Dismantle
New legislation threatens to dismantle the most successful American experiment in government-delivered health care.
How women took over the military-industrial complex
For the first time, the nation's defense hierarchy is no longer dominated by men.
VBA resources for Veterans, dependents, survivors, and federal employees during shutdown
The VA is reaching out to veterans that are experiencing “personal and financial stress” from the partial shutdown.
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The American Military Sucks at Cybersecurity
A new report from US military watchdogs outlines hundreds of cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Capping troop pay, higher Tricare fees among theoretical options for reducing deficit in report
Congressional budget analysts have 121 ideas for reducing the ballooning U.S. deficit, and 16 of them target Pentagon programs, ranging from long-term pay caps for servicemembers and higher Tricare premiums to spending less on weapons systems.
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Report Could Add 23 Presumptive Conditions for
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that sufficient evidence supported an association between exposure to seven factors and detrimental reproductive effects in men or women who served in the Gulf War or developmental effects in their children.
Adding an illness to VA’s presumptive list means that veterans applying for disability benefits do not need to prove a connection between their illness and their time in service. Instead, they only need to show that they served in the covered theater during the relevant period and that they now suffer from the conditions.
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On the Trump/Koch war against the VA
In the Republican Party's headlong battle to undermine and deplete our federal government in any and every way they can find, the latest intended victim is our nation's medical system for war veterans, the Veterans Administration.
Cabinet Secretary Blasts Federal Union for Using Veterans as Shutdown 'Pawns'
AFGE stepped too far in insinuating veterans now working as civil servants who are not receiving pay due to the shutdown are at risk of suicide.
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Efficiency at Expense of Effectiveness?
Legislators Blast VBA Management
Recent problems with initiatives implemented by the Veterans Benefits Administration point to much larger, systemic issues in how the agency rolls out new programs, according to the VA Office of the Inspector General.
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